Kenyan outrage over new tax on travellers
Kenyans are protesting a directive by the revenue authorities seeking to tax personal or household items worth $500 (£400) and…
Ugandan court fines US couple for torturing foster child
A Ugandan court has ordered a US couple charged with torturing their foster child to pay him $26,000 (£20,700) as…
Mali rebels claim control of Kidal base after UN exit
Mali’s Tuareg rebels say they have taken over a base in the northern city of Kidal vacated by the UN…
South Africa’s Rugby World Cup champions get heroes’ welcome
South Africa’s rugby union team are back home from France after winning the World Cup for a record fourth time.…
Five ‘dangerous’ prisoners escape from Tunisian jail
Five prisoners branded as dangerous Islamists have escaped from a jail in Tunisia. The country’s interior ministry released their photos…
Lesotho Commemorates World Habitat Day and World Cities Day
In a celebration of global unity, Lesotho marked World Habitat Day and World Cities Day at the event held in…
Organized forces and communities in Mundri East and Tambura urged to protect children’s rights
Despite the existence of a national action plan – and concerted efforts to implement it – to put an end…
FIFA Secretary General Fatma Samoura to Receive Inaugural Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) Lifetime Leadership Award
The Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) (www.AWIEForum.org) is pleased to announce that FIFA’s first female and non-European Secretary…
South Africa: Reconfiguration of Water Boards Must Enhance Effectiveness and Improve Access to Water
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation welcomes the progress in the reconfiguration of water boards and calls for the…
Call to improve jobs for youth in Africa
Africa should improve the quality of basic education to ensure a skilled workforce that will create more and better jobs…
Ghana: United States (U.S.) Provides $100,000 in Urgent Assistance to Flood Victims
The United States Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided $100,000 (1.1 million Ghana cedis)…
Womenomics Africa
Africa Tech Festival (https://apo-opa.info/3myppVu) in 2023, (Cape Town, 13 – 16 November), will field an impressive line-up of strong African…
Egypt: Dozens of Peaceful Protesters Detained
The Egyptian authorities have arbitrarily detained and prosecuted dozens of peaceful protesters in demonstrations since the beginning of October 2023,…
Voluntary Health Care Team did Health Screening in Benin
With the cooperation of Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) and the Hands Giving Lives Foundation, health screenings in various…
Uganda: Treasury memoranda to now be tabled in Parliament
Accountability committees of Parliament will now scrutinise the Auditor General’s Report on the Treasury Memoranda, moving away from the previous…
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), Ministry of Health launch project to support Health Sector Transformation Plan implementation
UNOPS and Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health have partnered to support the implementation of the Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP) II…
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) Continues to Support Agricultural Development in Africa
Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) supported the Union of the Comoros within the field of agricultural development. TİKA built…
Uganda: Fish maw traders petition House committee over taxes
Fish maw traders have petitioned the Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries over what they have termed as “excessive…
Seychelles: The new British High Commissioner to Seychelles accredited
H.E. Mr. Jeffrey Frank Glekin presented his credentials to President Wavel Ramkalawan during an accreditation ceremony held at State House…
His Highness Mohammed bin Rashid extends the 28th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) invitation to Chad’s Prime Minister and Head of the Transitional Government
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE’s Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai, sent a letter…